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Stories never start at the beginning, Benny. They differ from life in that regard. Life is lived from birth to death, from the beginning into an unknowable future. But stories are told in hindsight. Stories are life lived backward.
“There is a loneliness to illness, a child's desire to be pitied and seen. But it is precisely this recognition that is elusive. How can you explain and identify your condition if not one has any grasp of what it is you suffer from and the symptoms wax and wane? How do you describe a disease that's not always there?”
― The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
― The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
“An onion is a beautiful thing. Have you ever really looked at an onion?”
― Harriet the Spy
― Harriet the Spy
“The wolf caught me in his jaws
but when I cried out,
others only said:
I have seen the wolf many times
and he has not bitten me.”
― Artemis Made Me Do It
but when I cried out,
others only said:
I have seen the wolf many times
and he has not bitten me.”
― Artemis Made Me Do It
“Matilda longed for her parents to be good and loving and understanding and honourable and intelligent. The fact that they were none of these things was something she had to put up with.”
― Matilda
― Matilda
“I know many people who are suspicious of diagnoses—they think of them as labels that reduce or stigmatize. I knew, already, that a diagnosis was not going to answer all my questions. But I craved a diagnosis because it is a form of understanding.”
― The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
― The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
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